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Africa-China Progressing Together: Win-Win Cooperation for Common Development

PRETORIA, South Africa, November 30, 2015 (Star & Pretoria News) -- On November 26th, Star and Pretoria News published the written interview by Ambassador Tian Xuejun on the upcoming Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

Africa: A New Era of China-Africa Relations

WINDHOEK, Namibia, November 29, 2015 (New Era) -- The Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be held in South Africa from December 4 to 5. It has been 15 years since the founding of FOCAC in 2000 and nearly 10 years since the FOCAC Beijing Summit in 2006.

Sino-Africa Relations - a Peek Into the Future

By Phyllis Johnson

J’BURG, South Africa, November 27, 2015 (SARDC) -- Africa and China have agreed to strengthen co-operation in international affairs through mutual respect for the UN Charter, the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence, the Constitutive Act of the African Union and other universally recognised norms governing international relations.

Russia: Attempting a Bridge to Africa

By Kester Kenn Klomegah*

MOSCOW, November 11, 2015 (Buziness Africa) -- While Russia's interest in the sub-Saharan Africa is nothing new, Russian authorities have realized that it’s time to move back primarily to reclaim its economic footprints and to find old Soviet-era allies, but that step comes with new challenges especially from other foreign players and the changing internal political and economic conditions in Africa.

The Global Struggle for Africa: Are There Any Chances for Russia?

By Olga Kulkova*

MOSCOW, October 30, 2015 (IAS, RAS) -- In the global "struggle for Africa" Russia is sadly far from outpacing its competitors. In terms of stringency of strategic outlook and activeness, the country is seriously lagging behind China, US, EU, India, Brazil. Each of the players has its interests in Africa and means to realize them.

India says Africa too is bright spot of economic opportunity

By the Associated Press

NEW DELHI, India, October 29, 2015 (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi described India and Africa as bright spots of hope and economic opportunity and offered technology and credit to match rival China at a summit with more than 40 African leaders.